Criterion Originals
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Carla Simón Interview
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Sean Fennessey on Abel Ferrara
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Marlon James’s Adventures in Moviegoing
1 season
The Booker Prize–winning author of “A Brief History of Seven Killings” and “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” talks about violence, gay relationships, and desperate characters in cinema, and selects some of his favorite films.
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1 seasonThe Craft of Acting: Paul Dano
1 season
A quietly electric screen presence whose ability to convey simmering internal tension has made him one of his generation’s most respected actors, Paul Dano has delivered unforgettable performances for a remarkable roster of major directors, including Paul Thomas Anderson, Steven Spielberg, Steve ...
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Gints Zilbalodis Interview
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Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein in Conversation
Beloved for their work in both music and comedy, Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen have left an indelible imprint on pop culture with their cult-favorite sketch show “Portlandia.” In this special edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, the pair join Criterion president Peter Becker at Portland’s PA...
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Daniel Clowes in Conversation
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Sergei Loznitsa Interview
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Patton Oswalt on THE UMBRELLAS OF CHERBOURG
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Tessa Thompson on TOUKI BOUKI
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Alain Guiraudie Interview
Get to know Alain Guiraudie, the director of the tantalizing comic thriller MISERICORDIA. In the following interview, Guiraudie (who is also a novelist) reflects on the differences between filmmaking and writing fiction, his fond fascination for small-town life, his goal of exploring eroticism th...
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Debra Granik Interview
Meet Debra Granik, a self-described “observer” whose multipart documentary CONBODY VS. EVERYBODY tracks an ex-con entrepreneur’s efforts to build a business in a gentrifying New York City. In the following interview, Granik describes her path to filmmaking via sociology, her interest in the high ...
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David Chase in Conversation
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Thierry Frémaux Interview
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Mary Bronstein’s Adventures in Moviegoing
1 season
Following her blistering debut feature, YEAST (featuring a breakthrough performance by a young Greta Gerwig), Mary Bronstein directed Rose Byrne to an Academy Award nomination in her emotionally stunning maternal maelstrom IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU. In this edition of Adventures in Moviegoing, B...
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Cheryl Dunye Interview
This interview with writer-director Cheryl Dunye was recorded in 2020.
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Ethan Hawke on 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 DAYS
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Paul Dano on A MAN ESCAPED
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Richard Linklater on L'ARGENT
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The Craft of Acting: Ethan Hawke
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Joachim Trier Interview
Get to know the acclaimed Danish Norwegian director, whose latest film, SENTIMENTAL VALUE, is one of the year’s most buzzed-about releases. In the following interview, Trier explores his touchstone themes of time and memory, his connection to modernist filmmakers like Alain Resnais and Federico F...
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Spotlight on Stunts
Take a tour through a century of daredevil filmmaking with legendary stuntman, stunt coordinator, stunt designer, and second-unit director Buddy Joe Hooker. In the following program, Hooker recounts the early pioneers of Hollywood stunt work in silent comedy and westerns, the later innovations of...
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Ira Sachs Interview
Meet Ira Sachs, the veteran filmmaker whose acclaimed anti-biopic PETER HUJAR’S DAY recreates a day in the life of the legendary photographer. In the following interview, Sachs discusses the challenges of adapting a transcript into a narrative feature, his attention to light and the passage of ti...
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Spotlight on WITHIN OUR GATES with Racquel Gates
In the latest installment of our Spotlight series, film scholar Racquel J. Gates unpacks Oscar Micheaux’s 1920 classic WITHIN OUR GATES, a landmark of American silent film that deploys stunning cinematic innovations to tell its story from a Black perspective.
